Let’s get our bearings on where we’re at right now. So King Saul is in the midst of Israel’s first war with the Philistines which took place at a location called Mikhmas Pass. This area was basically a WADI or dry riverbed that served as a highway for traveling merchants from the Jordan River Valley […]

“Sha’ul said, ‘Let’s go after the P’lishtim by night. We’ll plunder them until dawn; we won’t leave one of them alive.’ They answered, ‘Do whatever seems good to you.’ But the cohen said, ‘Let’s approach God here.’  Sha’ul consulted God: ‘Should I go down in pursuit of the P’lishtim? Will you hand them over to […]

“That day they had attacked the P’lishtim from Mikhmas to Ayalon; but the people were very exhausted.  So the people rushed at the spoil, seizing sheep, cows and calves, slaughtering them on the ground, and eating the flesh with the blood.  Sha’ul was told, ‘Look how the people are sinning against Adonai, eating with the […]

“Now the people came to a forest where there was a honeycomb on the ground.  When the people had entered the forest, they saw there the honeycomb with honey dripping out; but no one put his hand to his mouth, because the people feared the oath.  But Y’honatan hadn’t heard his father charging the people […]

“Israel’s soldiers had been driven to exhaustion that day; but Sha’ul issued this warning to the people: ‘A curse on any man who eats any food until evening, when I will have finished taking vengeance on my enemies.’ So none of the people even tasted food. Now the people came to a forest where there […]